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Yurt
07-21-2008, 08:06 PM
Obama Web site removes `surge' from Iraq problem


WASHINGTON—Barack Obama's aides have removed criticism of President Bush's increase of troops to Iraq from the campaign Web site, part of an effort to update the Democrat's written war plan to reflect changing conditions.

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"I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there," the Illinois senator said that night, a month before announcing his presidential bid. "In fact, I think it will do the reverse."

Obama continued to argue throughout 2007 that the troop increase was a mistake. By the early part of this year, he was acknowledging that it had improved security and reduced violence, but he has stuck by his opposition to the move.

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McCain said Obama is failing to acknowledge success. "Today, we know Sen. Obama was wrong" to oppose the surge, McCain said.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/07/15/obama_web_site_removes_surge_from_iraq_problem/


more "change" from obama...

if bush had followed obama's plan.....

but how convenient that the surge worked and obama can now claim he is right all along about his iraq plan to remove the troops, notwithstanding his calls for removal long before the surge worked and long before iraq asked us to leave. smacks of dishonesty.

manu1959
07-21-2008, 08:54 PM
if not for the surge ..... he would not be able to go there .......

stephanie
07-21-2008, 09:18 PM
Obama Web site removes `surge' from Iraq problem


WASHINGTON—Barack Obama's aides have removed criticism of President Bush's increase of troops to Iraq from the campaign Web site, part of an effort to update the Democrat's written war plan to reflect changing conditions.

....

"I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there," the Illinois senator said that night, a month before announcing his presidential bid. "In fact, I think it will do the reverse."

Obama continued to argue throughout 2007 that the troop increase was a mistake. By the early part of this year, he was acknowledging that it had improved security and reduced violence, but he has stuck by his opposition to the move.

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McCain said Obama is failing to acknowledge success. "Today, we know Sen. Obama was wrong" to oppose the surge, McCain said.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/07/15/obama_web_site_removes_surge_from_iraq_problem/


more "change" from obama...

if bush had followed obama's plan.....

but how convenient that the surge worked and obama can now claim he is right all along about his iraq plan to remove the troops, notwithstanding his calls for removal long before the surge worked and long before iraq asked us to leave. smacks of dishonesty.

He's been pruging a lot of stuff from his site..but littlegreenfootballs is on it, they have been screen capturing everything before the ding dongs who run his site, get around to dumping it down the shithole...

It will show back up in some ad somewhere down the line..:laugh2:

Yurt
07-21-2008, 09:34 PM
He's been pruging a lot of stuff from his site..but littlegreenfootballs is on it, they have been screen capturing everything before the ding dongs who run his site, get around to dumping it down the shithole...

It will show back up in some ad somewhere down the line..:laugh2:

maybe everything he says is merely tongue in cheek

Dilloduck
07-21-2008, 10:16 PM
maybe everything he says is merely tongue in cheek

:laugh2: but seriously--who is running this dude's campaign. I'd say it's some sloppy shit but it doesn't seem to matter. All he has to do is be something that isn't a republican and meet the basic minimal requirements.

theHawk
07-22-2008, 08:23 AM
Well you know when you've fought the idea of a surge in Iraq and go on the record saying it not only wouldn't work but it would make things worse, it's pretty embarrassing and hypocritical to want to use the same strategy in Afghanistan.

And we wouldn't want Barry to look like a hypocrite would we?